Whip-lock.



H. T. MALLEN.

WHIP LOCK. APPLICATION FILE-D mu. 6. 1916.

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HENRY T. MALLEN, OF OHILLIGOTI-IE, ILLINOIS.

WHIP-LOCK.

Application filed January 6, 1916.

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in iVhip-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to looks for whips. More particularly my invention relates to o a lock for a whip in which no modification of the whip socket is required and no disadvantageous additions are required to be made to the whip.

The object of my invention is to provide 5 a simple and cheap form of lock that will meet the requirements for service in preventing sneak thievery of whips.

My invention consists of a post to be disposed in the base of a whip socket provided a with laterally disposed lug members of var ing thickness; a bracket or cap member secured to the butt of the whip and having a portion thereof spaced from said butt and provided with an opening therethrough for 5 register with the post member mentioned,

and radiating slots of varying width; a lock against the entrance or interlock of the post and the cap members and various detail parts, structures, and combination of parts hereinafter more particularly set out.

Referring to drawing Figure 1 is an elevation partially in section of a Whip socket, a whip handle and the parts of my inven tion arranged and related for locking pur- 5 poses. Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing locking parts separated. Fig. 3 is a section on line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line b b of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective of cap member attachable to whip stock.

1 Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing in detail the parts and arrangement of parts of the post member. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the cap member shown in Fig. 8 and showing in dotted lines slots in a lower partition.

' Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a cap member such as shown in Fig. 5, showing a second locking wall or partition, provided with entrance ways disposed relatively in different planes.

Referring to the drawings: 2 is a whip socket, 3 is the butt portion of a whip.

So far as the application of my invention is concerned, the whip socket and whip may be in any form and do not need to be made specially or correlated for use.

Referring now particularly to the parts of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917..

Serial No. 70,677.

my invention, 4 is a post threaded throughout a portion of its length, and when applied for use is inserted through a central opening as 5 in the bottom of a whip socket.

6 and 7 are respectively a nut and washer on post 4, disposed within the whip socket,

the nut serving to properly space the top of the post from the bottom of the whip socket. 8 and 9 are respectively nut and washer on post 4, located outside the whip socket, the nut serving to secure post 4. firmly in place. 10, 11 and 12 are wings or lugs projecting laterally from the upper end of post 4, said lugs being relatively of different thicknesses or width, that is, their horizontal faces.

18 is a bracket or cap designed for attachment to the butt of a whip, the upper wall 1 1 of said bracket or cap, upstanding from the butt of the whip stock some distance and varying as desired when plural locking walls are employed, as exanipled in Fig. 8 of the drawing. Within the upper walls of the cap 18 there is provided a central opening 15 for the entrance of the body of pin 4. Radiating from central opening 15 are slots 16, 17, 18, said slots being of varying width and corresponding respectively with wing members on post 4 as follows: 16 with 10, 17 with 11, 18 with 12. In case of the employment of the second locking partition, as m, (see Fig. 8) or any additional number of partitions, the widths of the slots are the same but the arrangement is different. For convenience and as a guide to effect the proper entrance of the wings on post l, through the slots in cap 13, I may employ designating marks of same character as exampled by M and N respectively on the whip stock and the whip socket, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. And in the event of plural partitions, as an in cap 15, being employed ll may, if found desirable, place similar designating marks to N on the whip socket.

Under conditions where the whip is desired to be used, the lock is not employed, that is, the post and bracket members are not designed to be interengaged; therefore, to

meet such a condition and to prevent the possibility of any interlock, I have provided the slide or stop 19, pivoted as at 20, on the face of the upstanding portion 14 of bracket 13. This slide member is designed to be moved over one of the slotted ways to prevent the wings on post member 4; from entering the slots.

In practice the winged post member and the slotted bracket are placed respectively upon the whip socket and the whip, as shown in Figs. land 2. To effect a locking of the whip in the socket it is inserted so that marks M and N are in line. This will bring the thin wing 10 on the post in coincidence with the narrow slot 16 in bracket 13, and, similarly, will bring into coincidence wing members 11 and 12 on the stud with slots 17 and 18 in the bracket. The post will then enter and become interlocked with the cap. The slots in the cap are of different widths and related to the wings on the stud so thatthe whip cannot be withdrawn until exactly the right slots are'in coincidence. In this manner an effective lock is made against the sneak thief who hastily attempts to remove the whip;

' lVhat I claim is:

1. In a whip lock, in combination, a whip socket, a whip, a bracket member attached to the bottom of the whip, a portion thereof spaced from the butt and provided with a centrally disposed opening and a slotted 7 way from the periphery of said opening, a

post member attached to the bottom of the whip socket and extending upwardly there-. from, provided with a winged member radiating therefrom for correlation and entrance through the slot in the bracket member.

2. In a whip lock, in combination, a whip socket, a whip, a post member secured to and extending upwardly from the bottom of the whip socket and provided with a plurality of laterally disposed lugs of varying width, a bracket member attached to and spaced from the butt of the whip, provided with a centrally disposed opening for register with the post member and with slots radiating from the periphery of said opening, said slots in the bracket and the lugs onthe post adapted to register for entrance of the post into the bracket member for establishing a ock.

3. In a whip lock, in combination, a whip socket, a whip, a post secured to and extend ing upwardly from the bottom of the whip socket provided with a plurality of stud members of varying width extending laterally therefrom, a bracket member attached to the butt of the whip and a portion thereof spaced'therefrom, said bracket member being provided 1l3l1iln opening for register with the post member, and with 'pluralslots of varying width radiating from the periphery of said opening and conforming one of each of said slots with one of each of said winged members on the post, whereby entrance of the post may be had through the opening and slots in the bracket to effect a lock, and a slide member upon the bracket adapted to be passed over a slot member in said bracket to prevent entrance of the post member into the opening in the bracket, or to be moved from such closure to permit entrance of the parts named.

4:. In a whip lock, in combination, a whip socket, a whip, a post secured to and extending upwardly from the bottom of the whip socket provided with a plurality of stud members of varying thickness extending laterally therefrom, a bracket member at tached to the butt of the whip and a portion thereof spaced therefrom, said bracket member being provided with an opening for register with the post member, and with plural slots radiating from the periphery of said opening and conforming one of each of said slots with one of each of said winged members on the post, whereby entrance of the post may be had through the opening and slots in the bracket to effect alock, a slide member upon the bracket adapted to be passed over a slotted member in said bracket to prevent entrance of the post member into the opening in the bracket, or to be moved from such closure to permit entrance of the parts named, and markings respectively upon the whip and whip socket as a guide for entrance and withdrawal of the interlocking members.

5. In combination, a whip, a whip socket, a post member attached to the bottom, of the whip socket and extending upwardly therefrom provided with a winged member ex tending laterally therefrom, a bracket attached to the butt of the whip the same being provided with spaced walls disposed above the plane of the butt of the whip, each of said walls being provided. with an opening for register with the post and with a slotted way radiating from the periphery of said openings disposed in different vertical planes, said slotted ways being designed for register with the winged member on the post by proper relative adjustment to facilitate locking of the parts.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY T. MALL EN. lVitnesses L. E. SUTHERLAND, HALL DOUGLASS Tnrr'r.

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7 Washington, D. C. 

